Posted on 04/15/2016 10:17:19 PM PDT by Fractal Trader
Reality Check has already shown how “Neutral” Conservative News Websites Breitbart and The Daily Wire are actually fronts for the Ted Cruz Campaign. In our article “The $25 Million Dollar Trump Take Down” we clearly show that the owners of those sites donated over $25 Million Dollars to the Cruz Campaign and then use their websites to promote him. But is Talk Radio also on the take? Reality Check dug into Cruz FEC Filings and discovered the Cruz PACs paid a Talk Radio Insider over $8 Million Dollars, and the endorsements of Glenn Beck, Mark Levin and others quickly came in.
The FCC regulates the nation’s TV and Radio Stations because the signals they use are owned by the public. This is why you cannot use certain words on the radio, stations must have licenses, keep a public records file and make it available, etc.
One FCC rule is 47 U.S. Code § 317 or the Payola Rule. Simply put, Radio/TV Stations and their employees are not allowed to take money to put content in their programming, mention items, talk about candidates, etc. unless that sponsorship is disclosed.
In other words, if a Talk Show host like Glenn Beck, Mark Levin, Hugh Hewitt or others was paid money by a campaign to talk glowingly, defend or endorse a candidate, and not disclose that they were paid on-air to the audience, or the radio stations they are broadcast on, they’d be in violation of the law. The station could lose it’s license and the host could be jailed and fined.
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$8 million dollars of Cruz Super Pac Money to buy out Levin, RedSate, Beck and more???
To what depths has Ted Cruz sunk?
Oh, a blog no one has ever heard of? Get Loretta Lynch on the phone!
I’d agree except you folks have been posting things equivalent to Joe Baluka bubble gum wrap slogans for ten months.
What goes around comes around.
OIC guilty until proven innocent. Might wait a minute and see what the truth is.
Show me.
You have some proof that Cruz coordinated with a PAC that did what is alleged? I urge you to immediately present it to the proper authorities.
What strikes me as more important, is that even if true, and laws were broken, action should be taken, but no votes are going to be undone because of this.
We Trump supporters are getting a slightly “why us” and “we’ve been cheated” mentality.
How about “They’re throwing everything but the kitchen sink at us and we’re still gonna win!!”
I could care less if Trump bought off some stations. In fact, if it helped i’d be glad.
This is politics. Those looking for the girl scouts elections, that’s down the hall.
LOL
Like I’m going to waste my time doing anything for you.
I’ve spent ten months looking things up for you folks, to no avail.
Seek help somewhere else.
There seems to be a fair amount of smoke coming from this dung heap. ;-)
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A look at Ted Cruz PAC filings (Keep The Promise I & Keep The Promise PAC) turns up expenses totaling $8,467,466.00 to a company out of Plano Texas called Rigel Strategies LLC. Below is a screenshot of just a small sample of the payments Keep The Promise I has paid to Rigel Strategies, LLC.
Rigel Strategies, LLC is owned by a man named Dennis Sternitzky. Sternitzky is the only employee of Rigel Strategies, LLC from extensive research. Sternitzky is a former sales rep for Salem Communications (now known as Salem Media Group), which owns 117 radio stations across the United States. Salem also owns the website Red State which puts on the “Red State Gathering” that is hosted by Erick Erickson. The Red State Gathering notoriously banned Donald Trump from appearing at it’s latest get together in Denver Colorado.
When Sternitzky founded Rigell Strategies, LLC he began pushing a different kind of marketing he calls, “Embedded Marketing”. Sternitzky quotes Michael Margolis, “If you want to learn about a culture, listen to the stories…if you want to change the culture, change the stories.” In short, Sternitzky’s marketing plan is to pay hosts to promote brands, campaigns, etc. during their show which is perfectly legal, AS LONG AS IT’S DISCLOSED to the public.
According to Sternitzky’s LinkedIn Profile, he was the National Account Manager for Salem Communications (syndicator for Mark Levin, Dennis Prager, Michael Medved, Bill Bennett, Mike Gallagher, Erick Erickson and Hugh Hewitt) from August 2005 to August 2011. Before that Sternitzky worked for Premeire Radio Networks (syndicator for Glenn Beck, Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity, Meghan McCain).
Trump earned his money. Yes, his Dad may have given him a start, but what Dad wouldn't if he could. Can't fault Trump for that.
I am so disgusted and disheartened by all of this.
Great response!
I for one appreciate everything the FR Caucus has shown us
SCANDAL ALERT
$8 million dollars of Cruz Super Pac Money to buy out Levin, RedSate, Beck and more???
To what depths has Ted Cruz sunk?
Thanks, Fractal Trader.
No comment, but I can think it.
Thanks for the “great response” comment.
I can comment on that.
Wow, thanks for posting that “smoke.”
I am most disappointed in Rush. What did he get paid, and was it worth it to have listeners who loved, supported, and prayed for him for years find out he was a phony all along?
Cruz isnt my guy but this article is pure BS. Keep the pro/con arguments to the facts or/and opinions.
For me its a whole new spin on our beloved luminaries in CONSERVATISM.....
Are there commpents from "unnamed" and "anonymous source"? Is there a blurry picture with black bars across the eyes?
Pass.
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